To celebrate Singapore Sling’s 100th anniversary in 2015, Peter F. Heering invited bartenders all over the world to create exciting versions of the legendary Singapore Sling while adding a charity twist – Here’s to the Tiger – to the mix. The objective was to raise money for charitable organization Panthera in order to save the world’s tigers. The 2015 Sling Award consists of two parts. In the first stage of the competition, the participating bars were to shake up their best Sling menus. We have now chosen the 20 best Sling menus from over 2 000 entries; these top 20 candidates will represent their countries in the global Sling Award 2015 and be judged by an international expert jury consisting of legends of the cocktail world.

We are proud to announce the names behind the 20 best Sling menus. Here’s to you!

Country Name Bar/Restaurant

Australia Matthias Aso Sydney Hilton (Zeta Bar)

Belgium Karim Britel B’artist

Canada Taoufike Zrafi Mamakas

China Hungie Fong Origin

France Jeremy Lafrance Le Calbar

Germany Kersten Wruck Chapel Berlin

Great Britain Francesco Lombardi Rivington grill Shoreditch

India Guru Prashanth High Ultra Lounge

Ireland Richard Grimsey Classic Restaurant Limavady

Japan Ryuta Nakamura Bar Redrose

Luxemburg Dawid Guzik Octans Spirited Bar

Netherlands Timo Janse Door 74

New Zealand Campbell Bond The Ginger Minx

Russia Olga Markevich freelance

Singapore Aiken Cabagui Maison Ikkoku

Sweden Christoffer Johansson Puta Madre

Switzerland Andreas Walsh Hotel Schweizerhof Bern

Taiwan Ciou Jianhao Above Piano Bar

UAE Brendan Shorrock Peppercrab Grand Hyatt Dubai

USA Matthew Farley The Joy Luck

Our international expert jury will now choose the 10 best Sling menus to be presented at the final in NYC the 22nd of September at Julie Reiner and Ivy Mix’s hot new Brooklyn bar Leyenda. The five bartenders who have concocted the best Sling menus will join us to Singapore in October, where we’ll meet up with Panthera’s tiger team and meet the tigers eye to eye. The fabulous five will also have their Sling menus immortalized in the legendary Difford’s Guide. In the second stage of the competition, a charity activation called “Here’s to the Tiger”, bars all over the world were invited to serve Singapore Slings and donate a fixed amount per Sling sold to Panthera. The two bars that raised the largest sum for Panthera will each get to send two members of staff to Singapore in October. The four winners will meet members of Panthera’s tiger team and will also get the chance to meet the tigers eye to eye.

To celebrate Singapore Sling’s 100th anniversary in 2015, Peter F. Heering invited bartenders all over the world to create exciting versions of the legendary Singapore Sling while adding a charity twist—Here’s to the Tiger—to the mix. The objective was to raise money for charitable organization Panthera in order to save the world’s tigers.

The 2015 Sling Award consists of two parts. In the first stage of the competition, the participating bars were to shake up their best Sling menus. We have now chosen the 20 best Sling menus from over 2,000 entries; these top 20 candidates will represent their countries in the global Sling Award 2015 and be judged by an international expert jury consisting of legends of the cocktail world.

We are proud to announce the names behind the 20 best Sling menus. Here’s to you!

Our international expert jury will now choose the 10 best Sling menus to be presented at the final in NYC the 22nd of September at Julie Reiner and Ivy Mix’s hot new Brooklyn bar Leyenda. The five bartenders who have concocted the best Sling menus will join us to Singapore in October, where we’ll meet up with Panthera’s tiger team and meat the tigers eye to eye. The fabulous five will also have their Sling menus immortalized in the legendary Difford’s guide.

In the second stage of the competition, a charity activation called “Here’s to the Tiger,” bars all over the world were invited to serve Singapore Slings and donate a fixed amount per sling sold to Panthera. The two bars that raised the largest sums for Panthera will each get to send two members of staff to Singapore in October. The four winners will meet members of Panthera’s tiger team and will also get the chance to meet the tigers eye to eye.
Peter F. Heering also has had the unique honor to be purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name while possessing the proper style, class, and breeding to socialize across the courts of the world. HEERING® has always been fashionable. CHEERY HEERING liqueur is sold in more than 100 countries all over the world and is the essential ingredient in the world famous Singapore Sling and Blood and Sand cocktails. For more information about Peter F. Heering, please visit www.heering.com.

Denmark’s “The Sloe Sling” has been named “the sling heard around the world”.

When prestigious global jury members slung into action inspired by the Sling, they sipped, enjoyed and ultimately decided on the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award global winner. Nick Kobbernagel Hovind, Denmark, “The Sloe Sling” has been announced as the winning Sling.

The Ritz Carlton, Berlin held court for the five global finalists who hailed from Canada, Singapore, USA, Denmark and Estonia and each Sling was tasted, discussed, tasted again and well thought over until the sling inspired libation tally was complete from the global jury.

Apart from the honour and media exposure, Nick also received €500 and a stunning silver Stelton shaker.

The 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award, which has grown from 27 participating countries last year to now 44 participating Sling-inspired countries, has elevated the competition to one of the world’s largest cocktail competitions.

“The creativity that these bartenders put into their Sling cocktail creations has raised the standard for what a Sling can be and how truly fashionable the Cherry Heering brand is and always will be. The global participation was flattering considering the volume of cocktail competitions around the world, though we look at the Sling Awards as more than just a competition, we see it as an opportunity to honour one of the most classic cocktails of all time with a Cherry Heering on top!” – Adéle Robberstad, CEO, Peter F. Heering

Peter F. Heering Sling Award – one of the most esteemed cocktail competitions in the world – sees 17 bartender semi finalists compete in London on 26 August for a place at the finals in Berlin later on this year…

Create your own interpretation of the classic cocktail The Singapore Sling, containing Cherry Heering. Name your drink and take a picture. Upload your picture and recipe and send it to the team at Peter F. Heering. If your cocktail is chosen, you could be named the winner of one of the most prestigious cocktail competitions in the world!

This was the brief that led to 44 National Winners around the world, one from each participating country, being told that they had made it through to the Cherry Heering’s prestigious annual competition, The Peter F. Heering Sling Award, on June 9th of this year.

Now that those 44 have been narrowed down to 17, the competition is really heating up. The next stage of the competition will see each of the competitors up for the running of the grand prize of 500 Euros, a stunning new shaker and the glory of being crowned the Global Sling Champion 2014 of the esteemed Peter F. Heering Sling Award.

The 17 “Sling Stars” Global Finalists will be judged in a semi-final in London Aug 26th. Bar legend Simon Difford will lead a prestigious jury panel that will include media, tastemakers and bar experts who will determine the Top 5 Global 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award finalists.

Five finalists will then be flown into Berlin in October to compete, live, at BCB Bar Convent Berlin. The winner will be selected by an expert jury and people’s vote.

The Top 17
Country Finalist Sling Cocktail

Armenia | Garnik Sahakyan | Sling’s Era

Australia | Taka Shino | Bamboo Orchid

Belgium | Ásgeir Bergmann Pétursson | The Sling Sling

Brazil | Rafael Mariachi | The Peter’s Dream

Canada | Taoufike Zrafi | The Bittered Sling

Denmark | Nick Kobbernagel Hovind | The Sloe Sling

England | David Hoggan | Sling Your Hook!

Estonia | Sigrid Sarv | O’ Polo Sling

Germany | Monika Katarina Peric | Shum Haw Sling

Hong Kong | Poon Ching Wan | Maroon Sling

Indonesia | Rhys Wilson | Shennong Sling

Italy | Walter Gosso | Julep Slingsake

New Zealand | Venetia Tiarks | The Merchant’s Daughter

Norway | Erik Danilo Wistner Rafto | Rooftop Romance

Poland | Stanislaw Zachariasz | Julep Sling

Singapore | Aron Christian Lobrino Manzanillo | Fables of the East

USA | Jon Kraus | Pepito’s Slingshot

The Hype
You only have to look at Peter F. Heering’s Facebook page to see the wave of excitemenet the competition has created in the world of cocktails and liqueurs. Some of the winners have managed to get their cocktails served all over the globe by some of the world’s greatest mixologists; others have been running Sling Master classes, tasting events and creating postcards with recipes, which are being sent around the world to famous mixologist, who are sharing their cards on Facebook. Log in and prepare to be amazed by all of the buzz the Peter F. Heering Award has created!

About Peter F. Heering
Peter Heering is a luxury, Danish manufacturer of liqueurs, most famous for Heering Cherry Liqueur, a liqueur flavoured with cherries which is often referred to simply as Peter Heering or Cherry Heering in cocktail recipes. Heering Cherry Liqueur, purveyor to the Royal Danish Court and to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, has been produced since 1818. It is sold in more than 100 countries. Heering Cherry Liqueur is an ingredient in many cocktails such as the Singapore Sling, and Blood & Sand. For more about Peter F. Heering’s Sling Awards visit heering.com.

July – 2014 (Stockholm, Sweden) — The top Sling Stars with highest scores have been announced. The top fifteen became top seventeen due to dead even between three countries |The 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award is shouting out to the world which has grown from 27 participating countries last year to now 44 participating Sling inspired countries.

The Peter F. Heering brand has elevated the Sling Award competition to one of the world’s greatest and largest cocktail competitions and more importantly lifted this extremely talented group of global bar-stars into rare air in the ever-growing global cocktail scene competitions.

All 44 Peter F. Heering Sling Award National winners were afforded a stipend to support cocktail menus, cocktails of the month or whatever they felt would inspire their guests, friends and family to raise their profile and their Sling achievement, in addition the National winners were encouraged to utilize their social media to maximize the “peoples” vote aspect of the competition.
The global finalists will be judged in London, England led by bar legend Simon Difford. Difford will lead a prestigious jury panel that will include media, tastemakers and bar experts who will determine the Top 5 Global 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award finalists who will move onto Berlin, Germany to compete LIVE October 7th at BCB Bar Convent Berlin to determine the global Sling Champion.
This elite global finalists of The 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award will receive one personal electronic tablet containing instructions for the semi-final that take place in London, to create a 3-minute (maximum) video of their Sling-spiration.

“Do not even attempt to create a Singapore Sling if you don’t have a bottle of Cherry Heering”, stated bar legend, and noted “King Cocktail”, Dale DeGroff “Cherry Heering is the undeniable, most important and most delicious component of the Sling”

Peter F. Heering – has had a history of 200 years as one of the first global brands (EVER) – the unique honor to be purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name while possessing the proper style, class and breeding to socialize across the courts of the world. HEERING® has always been fashionable. CHERRY HEERING® is a small but indispensable component of the world famous iconic cocktails such as The Singapore Sling, and that is exactly how HEERING® likes to be seen; as an accessory that adds lavishness, extravagance and civilization to the mix.

The world famous cocktails such as The Singapore Sling and Blood and Sand are two of Cherry Heering’s primary unique selling points – The Singapore Sling should be on the drink list in any decent bar.

HEERING® continues to evolve and recognize that even the timeless classics need a refreshing remake now and then, thus HEERING® has challenged the best of the best behind the world’s bars to create their own interpretation of The Singapore Sling and also possibly writing their name in the history of cocktails.

THE 2014 PETER F. HEERING® SLING AWARDS TAKES OVER THE WORLD ONE SLING AT A TIME

June — 2014 (New York, New York) — The Peter F. Heering Sling Award jury panels worldwide have notified 44 Sling Bartenders that… “You are Global, Baby!!” The Peter F. Heering Sling Award, which has grown from 27 participating countries last year to now 44 participating Sling inspired countries has elevated the competition to one of the world’s greatest and largest cocktail competitions and more importantly lifted this extremely talented group of bar-stars into rare air in the ever-growing global cocktail scene.

The Top 44 Global Finalist will now get the unique opportunity leverage “The Peoples Vote” and will be provided a stipend to support cocktail menus, cocktails of the month or whatever they feel will inspire their guests, friends and family to raise their profile and their Sling achievement, see www.facebook.com/heeringliqueur

Moving forward, the Top 44 Sling stars will have the opportunity to move into the Top 15 Global Semi-Finalist category, which will take place August 26th in London, England led by bar legend Simon Difford. Difford will lead a prestigious jury panel that will include media, tastemakers and bar experts who will determine who will move onto Berlin, Germany and the Top 5 Global Finalist of the 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award, on Oct 7th-8th at Bar Convent Berlin.

The elite 15 Global finalist of The 2014 Peter F. Heering Sling Award will receive one personal electronic tablet, containing instructions for the semi-finals that take place in London, and will be asked to create a 3 min (maximum) video of their Sling-spiration.

Peter F. Heering has always been fashionable – a history of 200 years as one of the first global brands (EVER) – purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name. Peter F. Heering, a fashion accessory since 1818 and a part of iconic cocktails such as the Singapore Sling and the Blood & Sand. Peter F Heering is today present in over 100 markets.

The world famous, iconic cocktail such as the Singapore Sling is one of Cherry Heering’s primary unique selling points – The Singapore Sling should be on the drink list in any decent bar.

Peter F. Heering has had the unique honor to be purveyor to every royal court worthy of their name while possessing the proper style, class and breeding to socialize across the courts of the world. HEERING® has always been fashionable. CHERRY HEERING® is a small but indispensable component of iconic cocktails such as The Singapore Sling, and that is exactly how HEERING® likes to be seen; as an accessory that adds lavishness, extravagance and civilization to the mix.

HEERING® continues to evolve and recognize that even the timeless classics need a refreshing remake now and then, thus HEERING® has challenged the best of the best behind the world’s bars to create their own interpretation of The Singapore Sling and also possibly writing their name in the history of cocktails.

CHERRY HEERING liqueur is sold in more than 100 countries all over the world and is the essential ingredient in the world famous Singapore Sling and Blood and Sand cocktails. For more information about Peter F. Heering, please visit

One of the world’s best-known cocktail competitions has launched for 2014 and is offering bartenders the chance to take on the classic Singapore Sling and make it their own.

Cherry Heering’s prestigious annual competition, the Peter F. Heering Sling Award, calls for bartenders worldwide to create their own interpretation of the classic cocktail, the Singapore Sling. The prize up for grabs includes two nights in Berlin, 500 Euro, a stunning new shaker and the glory of being crowned the winner of this esteemed global competition.

As an original ingredient in what is said to be the first recipe of a Singapore Sling, created in Raffles Hotel in Singapore by Mr Ngiam Tong Boon, a bottle of Cherry Heering from 1915 is still on display at the hotel.

The world famous Cherry Heering liqueur is a small but vital part to this cocktail, distinguishing it from the generic sling and adding a burst of flavour and depth. Which is why this competition has become a bench mark in a bartender’s career and proves an exciting challenge of tackling such an iconic drink.

To enter you’ll need to come up with a cocktail inspired by, and worthy of being a predecessor of, the Singapore Sling. Your cocktail must include Cherry Heering – no homemade syrups or other infusions are allowed.

Find a name and then photograph the drink, if you can get a bottle of Cherring Heering into the picture that’s even better. Then you’ll need to upload the image alongside the recipe and all your details to the website, www.Herring.com , or to the brands Facebook page. This needs to be done by the 25th of May 2014.

An international jury will select one winner from each participating country and from there 15 competitors will enter the semi-final. For this you’ll be given an electronic tablet, containing instructions for the semi-finals which take place at the end of August.

Five finalists will then be flown to Berlin in October to present their cocktails at the BCB Bar Convent. The winner will be selected from a mixed jury of audience votes and an expert panel. This champion will be presented with € 500 and a silver Stelton shaker from Denmark. They’ll also be given media exposure and snatch the title of the Peter F. Heering Sling Award.

“The iconic Peter F. Heering brand has had an unprecedented march back onto the back and front bar all around the world over the past few years and The Sling has always been the champion cocktail for Cherry Heering”, said Adéle Robberstad, CEO, Peter F. Heering/Maison Heinrich.

This is an amazing opportunity for bartenders around the world, head now to www.Herring.com to enter. Good luck.

Australian bartenders are being invited to pull out their Cherry Heering liqueur bottles and enter this year’s Peter F. Heering Sling Award.

The award celebrates the classic Singapore Sling cocktail and one of the key ingredients of the drink, Cherry Heering, a liqueur that has been around since 1818 and which is still sold in over 100 markets.

“The iconic Peter F. Heering brand has had an unprecedented march back onto the back and front bar all around the world over the past few years and The Sling has always been the champion cocktail for Cherry Heering,” said Peter F. Heering CEO, Adéle Robberstad.

As part of the competition, bartenders have been invited to come up with their own twist on the classic Singapore Sling. Just as in the original Singapore Sling recipe, the drink will need to contain the iconic Cherry Heering liqueur.

No homemade syrups or other infusions will be allowed. Bartenders will also be required to name and photograph their cocktail entry and upload the pictures and the recipe to the brand’s website anytime between April 22 and May 25.

A winner will be chosen from each competing country by an international jury. From there the top 15 will move on to the semi-final round, from where the five finalists will be decided.

The five finalists will be flown to the BCB Bar Convent in Berlin, Germany in early October to present their cocktails, and the winner will be voted for by a mixture of expert judges and audience members. The winner will take home €500 and a silver Stelton shaker from Denmark.

The Spectacular Le Croco Bleu was scene to New York Bar Star Mike Flannery Shaking Out a Global Win at the Peter F. Heering Sling Award Cocktail Finalists

October, 2013 (Berlin, Germany) — A winner has been crowned for the 2013 Peter F. Heering Sling Awards in Berlin, Germany as New York Barman, Mike Flannery takes tops honors at the 2013 Peter F. Heering Sling Award at the BCB Bar Convent in Berlin, which took place October 8th – 9th, 2013. The Sling cocktail has not attained such global attention since one of the earliest bar stars (though we are sure he was unaware of said working at the stature) Ngiam Tong Boon, a Hainanese bartender Long Bar in Raffles Hotel Singapore created the Singapore Sling.

Now Mike Flannery can lay some claim to having influence on remaking the famous Sling cocktail.